Different legends in the same page

[marcusmurilosilva]

Hi everyone.

I'd like to know if it is possible to insert more than one legend in a page, being each legend with a different content.

There's a image below illustrating what I'm trying to do.

Thanks in advance.

[Paul Herber]

You can have multiple Legend shapes on a page, each counting different shapes. Right-click on the Legend shape and select Configure Legend.

[marcusmurilosilva]

Thanks for your reply, Paul.

I intend to make each legend refers to one PLC Rack, and sometimes more than one Rack uses the same shape, what makes the legend configuration not enough.
So I tried to put each PLC Rack in a container, but I don't know how to refer the legend to the container and not to the page. is it possible?

[wapperdude]

The legend shape uses background code which is not configurable.  The code merely counts what's on the page.

Cannot think of easy work-around.

Wapperdude

[marcusmurilosilva]

I see.
Thanks for your reply Wapperdude.

I think I'm gonna find another way to count objects and build my own legend.
If you know any topic that could me help with this, i would appreciate.

Marcus.

[wapperdude]

Nothing specific, but, the Visio object model for containers does include a member list.  I vaguely remember seeing a video that featured Visio Guy,  Chris, and one other MVP which showed how to grab and display the member list.  Search the forum for container members...  I have V2007 so cannot directly help.

Reference:  https://msdn.microsoft.com/VBA/Visio-VBA/articles/shape-memberofcontainers-property-visio

Wapperdude